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Originally Posted by BWinmill
I never said that people weren't using tablets to create. But the choice and scope of apps is limited compared to what you find on Windows, Macs, and even Linux.
Yes, some people will create regardless of the limits. Just look at what people were creating with computers in the late 80s. Yet also realize that the number of people doing so on tablets today is as limited as it was on computers back then.
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The best app store in the world can't compare with the selection of software available to a laptop, be it Windows, Linux or Mac. I have an iPad, and absolutely love it. I'm considering having it surgically implanted. But if you held me at gunpoint and made me give up either my laptop or my iPad, I'd dump the iPad, even though I use it a lot more than the laptop. Because there are things that I can do with the laptop (specific software) that I cannot do with the iPad. The reverse is not true. The iPad is the pinnacle of convenience and user-friendliness over true functionality.
My 72 year old mother's laptop computer recently crapped the bed, and she did some preliminary research before calling me to ask what she should buy. She was really interested in the iPad. 99% of what she uses the laptop for is emailing, a little Facebook, picture management and surfing the web. The iPad is 99% perfect for her. Unfortunately, she also has an embroidery machine that uses patterns that you download and place on media cards to transfer to the machine. That means the iPad is dead in the water; there will never be a Husqvarna iOS app (and card reader).
In a perfect world, there would be a device that wouldn't be a compromise. Is this it? Probably not. But I can hope, can't I?